Nearby

Near the West Loop, Chicago

These are the landmarks and neighborhoods immediately adjacent to the West Loop — places visitors come for first, with the West Loop as the nearest hotel-and-dinner cluster. Each page links back to West Loop businesses, hotels, and dining picks.

• United Center About 1 mile west — a 20-minute walk from the heart of the West Loop The United Center is Chicago's sports arena home of the Bulls (NBA) and Blackhawks (NHL), about a mile west of the heart of the West Loop.
• Willis Tower About 0.5 miles east — a 10-minute walk Willis Tower — formerly the Sears Tower — is the 110-story skyscraper just east of the West Loop in the Loop business district.
• UIC Immediately south, separated by the Eisenhower — a 10-to-15-minute walk from the heart of the West Loop The University of Illinois Chicago is a major public research university immediately south of the West Loop, separated by the Eisenhower Expressway.
• Little Italy About 1 mile south — a 20-to-25-minute walk Little Italy is the historic Italian-American neighborhood along Taylor Street, south of the West Loop and the Eisenhower Expressway.
• Old Post Office Roughly 0.3 miles from the heart of the West Loop — about a 6-minute walk west from the Loop, or 5 minutes south from Ogilvie / Union Station. The Old Chicago Main Post Office (433 W Van Buren) is a 2.5-million-square-foot Art Deco building on the southeast edge of the West Loop.